MENDES v. U.S.

No. 89-706.

595 A.2d 972 (1991)

Fortunato J. MENDES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Mittleman, Falls Church, Va., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Ralph J. Caccia, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM:

After a jury trial, appellant, an experienced attorney, was convicted of distribution of cocaine, D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1990 Supp.), and carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1989 Repl.). He contends, on appeal, that his Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated because the trial court required him to appear pro se following his dismissal of his retained attorney. We affirm.

From April 21, 1989, when appellant...

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